Clothes-hanging hook.



R. SUHRUDER. CLOTHES HANGING HOOK. APPLIUATION FILED MAY 14, 1912.

Patented June 17, 1913.

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CLOTHES HANGING HOOK. APPLIOATION IILED MAY 14, 1912.

Patented J1me 17, 1913.

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RUDOLF SCI-IBDDER, OF LEIPZIG, GERMANY i CLOTHES-HANGING HOOK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Rrmonr SoHRoDEn, a subject of the King of Saxony, residing at Leipzig, in Germany, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Clothes-Hanging Hooks, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The present invention relates to clotheshanging holders provided with coin-operatcd locking mechanism for retaining articles of apparel hung thereon.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side view of the device partly in section, and with parts of the locking mechanism omitted. Fig. 2 is a rear view with the back of the lock case removed, showing the locking mechanism in operation. Fig. 3 is a rear view, showing the locking mechanism in the course of the unlocking operation, and Fig. 4 is a rear View, showing the locking mechanism in the open position, with the key retained in the look.

In the drawing it represents a fixed hat peg, and b a fixed clothes peg, (Z (Z being the limbs of a substantially S-shaped locking member which is pivoted at g and the ends of which are adapted to abut against the ends of the pegs a and Z). A spring 7 bearing against the limb (Z tends to hold the locking member in the open position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. The limb (Z has a rearward projection (Z which projects through a slot 7L into the casing 70, and is adapted to coactwith a double armed looking lever 2', 2' rotatably mounted on a spindle m inside the casing. A spring to bears against the lever arm 2' and the arm i is provided above the pivot m with a curved shoulder "5 against which the tail n of a double armed tumbler n, pivoted at 0, is adapted to fit and thereby prevent movement of the said lever 2', '5 Above the locking lever 2', 2' is pivoted, at s, a bell crank lever 72, 79 the arm 79 of which depends into the coin chute A, the other arm 7) having a hooked end 79 adapted to engage a notch r in a push key 1' and lock the key after it has been inserted into the look. A spring m normally holds the lever 79, 79 in the position in which it is shown in Fig. 2.

Pivoted at u to the coin chute is a double armed lever 13, t, the arm t of which terminates in the path of the above mentioned projection (Z of the member (Z, (Z and the arm t has a bent up end 73 projecting Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 14, 1912.

Patented June 1'7, 1913. Serial No. 697,315.

through a slot '0 into the coin chute. A spring 1 tends to thrust the arm 25 downward. An abutment c for the inserted coin z is provided below the slot 1).

The action of the device is as follows: When articles of apparel have been hung on the pegs a, Z) and the locking member (Z, (Z1 is in operation, as shown by solid lines in Fig. 1, the parts inside the lock casing occupy the position shown in Fig. 2, the arm 2' of the locking lever 2' being thrust behind the projection (Z so that the member d, 6Z1 cannot be rocked into the position indicated by broken lines in Fig. 1; the arm 79 of the bell crank lever 79, p is held in horizontal position by the spring 00, and the arm 25 of the lever a, t is lifted by the projection (P. For unlocking the device, the push key 9" is inserted into the case, whereby the arm p is raised, and the locking lever 2' and tumbler n are rocked about their pivots m, 0 as shown in Fig. 3, so that the arm 2' is removed from the inward path of the projection (Z2 and allows the member (Z, (Z to be rocked by the spring 7 into the position indicated in Fig. 1 by broken lines. At the same time the key 1" is locked by the hooked end or nose p of the lever ;0. For again locking the member (Z, (Z the key r must be released. For this purpose a coin c is dropped into the chute so that it rests on the abutment 6 between the lower ends of the arms 79 and t (Fig. 4). The locking member (Z, (Z is then rocked into locking position by hand, whereby the projection (Z is caused to rock the lever t, 6 so that the arm t pushes the coin 2 against the lever arm 79 and causes the arm 7) to release the key r. This enables the locking lever i, 2' to be rocked by the spring w, so that the arm 2' lies behind the projection (Z and retains the member (Z, (Z in looking position, the lever 2', 2' being locked by the tumbler n.

lVhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is In combination, a case having a key-hole and a slot; a clothes hook fixed to said case; a movable hook-closing member having a projection adapted to enter said slot; a locking lever in said case arranged to be disabled by insertion of a key through said key-hole; a spring whereby said locking lever is normally held in the path of said projection and prevents movement of the hookclosing member to its inoperative position;

a coin-chute; a key-retaining lever having retaining lever by means of an inserted coin, 10 one arm in said coin-chute and one arm :uffor the purpose set forth.

ranged to engage a key inserted through In Witness whereof I have signed this said key-hole; and a hell-crank having one specification in the presence of two Witarm in said coin-chute and one arm in the nesses. H path traversed by said projection during the RUDOLF SCHRQDER. movement of the hook-closing member to its Htnesses: operative position, the hell-crank arm in the RICHARD CLAUS,

coin-chute being adapted to actuate the key FRANZ N. Anson.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

